We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup.
In Kansas City, Black 16-year old Ralph Yarl was shot twice by a white homeowner last week, through a glass door, after ringing the doorbell at the wrong address while trying to pick up his younger siblings. After stalling on the part of prosecutors, the white and elderly shooter was arrested after an eruption of protest in Kansas City streets. Joining us to discuss is Justice Gatson, founder and director of the Reale Justice Network in Kansas City, Missouri. She is also a writer, organizer, advocate, social justice doula, and an IPV survivor.
Check out the Reale Justice Network’s website: https://realejusticenetwork.org/
Then, we turn our attention to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where a movement organizer is headed to trial for defending the people. We are joined this morning by Monica Washington-Padula, an Afro-Native (Ojibwe), and movement organizer mobilizing in Black and Native communities. She is a mother of five and a professional multi-instrumentalist musician. Monica is being charged with 4 felonies and a misdemeanor for what police describe as assaulting two officers.
This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is educator, entrepreneur, poet, and filmmaker Hodari Davis.
Follow Hodari Davis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrdavis510/
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